دوشنبه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫎 (dwšmbṯ /⁠dōšambat⁠/, “Monday”). By surface analysis, دو (du / do) +‎ شنبه (šanba / šanbe).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /du.ʃan.ˈba/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.béː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.béː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.béː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ʃäm.béː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o.ʃæm.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ʃäm.bé]

Readings
Classical reading?	dušanba
Dari reading?	dušanbē
Iranian reading?	došanbe
Tajik reading?	dušanbe

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Noun

دوشنبه • (dušanba / došanbe) (Tajik spelling душанбе)

1. Monday

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: düşənbə
• → Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşəmbe)
• → Chagatai: دوشنبه (düšänbä)
  • Uyghur: دۈشەنبە (düshenbe)
  • Uzbek: dushanba
• → Gujarati: દુશંબા (duśambā)
• → Karakalpak: дүйшемби
• → Kazakh: дүйсенбі (düisenbı)
• → Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (düyşömbü)
• → Nogai: дуьйсемби (düysembi)
• → Tatar: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
• → Turkmen: duşenbe
• → Ushojo: دوشمبی (dōšambī)

See also

• days of the week: روزهای هفته (rōz-hā-yi hafta / ruz-hâ-ye hafte) (appendix): شنبه (šanba / šanbe) · یک‌شنبه (yak-šanba / yek-šanbe) · دوشنبه (du-šanba / do-šanbe) · سه‌شنبه (si-šanba / se-šanbe) · چهارشنبه (čahār-šanba / čahâr-šanbe) · پنج‌شنبه (panj-šanba / panj-šanbe) · آدینه (ādēna / âdine)/جمعه (jum'a / jom'e) ^[edit]

Proper noun

دوشنبه • (dušanba / došanbe) (Tajik spelling Душанбе)

1. Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)